Fallen Astronaut
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Title
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Fallen Astronaut
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Rights
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CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Deed
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Creator
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Paul Van Hoeydonck
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Date
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August 1, 1971
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Description
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Aluminum sculpture created by Belgian artist Paul Van Hoeydonck. It is a stylized figure of an astronaut in a spacesuit, intended to commemorate the astronauts and cosmonauts who have died in the advancement of space exploration. It was commissioned and placed on the Moon by the crew of Apollo 15 at Hadley Rille on August 2, 1971, UTC, next to a plaque listing 14 names of those who died up to that time.
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Format
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Aluminum Sculpture
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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NASA
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Contributor
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Michele M. F.
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Subject
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Fallen Astronaut; Apollo 15
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Source
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https://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/SearchPhotos/photo.pl?mission=AS15&roll=88&frame=11894 ( Date Accessed: October 19)
Fallen Astronaut